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Africa: Scientific Research Can Play a Key Role in Unlocking Climate Finance

[ad_1] Climate finance will come under intense scrutiny during COP29, and its distribution aligned with scientific analysis of the impacts of climate change, but the methodology ignores the inequality in research networks of the Global South. CARACAS, Oct 29 2024 (IPS) - Climate finance will be at the epicenter of […]

todayOctober 30, 2024

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Africa: At COP16, Guterres Urges World to ‘Choose Wisely…Make Peace With Nature’

[ad_1] UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called for decisive action to restore harmony with nature, warning that environmental crises are pushing humanity toward tipping points that threaten ecosystems, livelihoods and global stability. Speaking at the opening of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological […]

todayOctober 30, 2024

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Africa: Climate Change Is Making It Harder for People to Get the Care They Need

[ad_1] The world is witnessing the consequences of climate change: long-lasting changes in temperature and rainfall, and more intense and frequent extreme weather events such as heat waves, hurricanes, typhoons, flooding and drought. All make it harder for families and communities to meet their care needs. Climate change affects care […]

todayOctober 30, 2024

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Africa: Power Struggle in Tigray

[ad_1] As Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed continues to renege on the Pretoria Agreement that ended hostilities two years ago, infighting within the TPLF further threatens the tenuous stability in war-shattered Tigray. Long-simmering tensions within the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) broke out into the open in August 2024. The party […]

todayOctober 30, 2024

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